The release of pressure after a shockwave is the roaring noise people hear. — -- Southern New Jersey was rocked by a sonic boom this afternoon, and no one has yet to claim responsibility for the ...

These blasts—which are increasingly common along the Space Coast in central Florida—can be heard whenever an object breaks the sound barrier. Here’s why. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a ...

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A SpaceX spacecraft has caused a sonic boom over California as it returned to Earth's atmosphere, and some on social media initially mistook the sound for an earthquake. One even thought a bomb had ...

FROM OFFICIALS ON THE EXPLANATION BEHIND THAT NOISE. WE’VE LEARNED HOW A PLANE CRASH IS CONNECTED TO THIS SONIC BOOM WHICH WE’RE TOLD WAS CAUSED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FLIGHT. WE HEARD ...